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*sigh* And then, of course, there are those of us who spent time in
both British and USA schools and now use a mixture of spelling
conventions unless we're thinking REALLY HARD about the
spelling as we type. Which I don't, mostly, since I'm usually
thinking really hard about the point I'm trying to make. Thank
goodness for spell checkers and sharp-eyed peer reviewers!
On 16 Nov 2000, at 11:36, edunn -at- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- co wrote:
> This is a US vs. UK vs. CAN question. Seeing as you are from the UK,
> I'd suggest you look at who your audience is. If you are writing for a
> UK audience, will they appreciate your using the correct British
> spelling or will they be confused because they have been inundated
> with unlocalised US publications? What ever you choose make sure you
> do it consistently. If you use "dialogue", you'd better use the Brit.
> version of all the other 'our' vs. 'or' and 'ise' vs. 'ize' spellings.
> It may be unfortunate, but if your audience will include Americans
> (U.S. ones that is) you'll probably be best using the U.S. spellings
> if you aren't going to produce a separate U.S. version of the docs.
> I've found Americans to be less accepting of the variations in English
> than Canadians or the British.
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